After completing law school, Hanes served as a
law clerk for Judge
Joseph R. Goodwin of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2007 to 2008, and then as a
law clerk for Judge
Robert Bruce King of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2016, she was an assistant
federal public defender in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Federal judicial service Hanes was sworn in as a magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Virginia on June 15, 2020. She sat with the court's
Richmond division. On November 4, 2021, Senators
Mark Warner and
Tim Kaine recommended Hanes to fill a vacancy on the Eastern District of Virginia created by Judge
John A. Gibney Jr., who assumed
senior status on November 1, 2021. On April 27, 2022, President
Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hanes to serve as a
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A hearing on her nomination was held before the
Senate Judiciary Committee on June 22, 2022. On July 21, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote. On August 1, 2022, the
United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 56–33 vote. On August 2, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 59–37 vote. She received her judicial commission on August 5, 2022. == References ==